Corset belt



1. LINDAUER.

CORSET BELT.

APPLICATION FILED IUNE- 23 1920.

Patented Oct. 24, 1922,

INVENTOR: Jules Lmdauer ATTORNPY Patented Oct. 24, 1922i.

Maaate PATENT orrica..

JULES-LINDAUER; OF PAR-IS, FRANCE.

coRsET BELT. l

Applicaficlried Jueza, 1920. serial No. 391,124.

To all whom t may concern: l

Be it known that I, JULES LINDAUER, citi- Zen fof the Republic of France,.resi ding at LlZFaubourg du Temple, Paris, in the Re-` public of France, have invented new and useful Improvements in Corset Belts; of which the following is a specification. n f The height of the front of'corset 'belts tends tocause the flesh to overhang in the region of the diaphragm and frequently occassions a serious inconvenience there, when the wearer stoops ldown andv even whenshe simply sits down.` n n Y n Y -V lThe present invention consists 1n prov'iding these corset; belts with a support formed ofua transverse'band lightly stiifened or boned and intended to be placed under the end of the top of the front of the corset to which it is preferably attached lightly so as to be able to be stretched independently of the top of the corset, the said support either forming or not forming an integral part of the corset.

This support lightly supports the body above the waist up to about the base of the chest without interfering with respiration which must remain free and it also prevents the top of the belt (that is to say the part where the belt terminates in front) from bearing on the flesh and causingit to overhang. The said support has also the eect of diminishing the excessive pressure of the top of the corset at a very sensitive point where it would cause a serious inconvenience.

The accompanying drawing shows by way of example a method of carrying out the invention.

Figure l shows a support for a corset belt, on the bust of a woman seen from the front.

Figure 2 shows the same support 1n section on the bust of a woman seen from the side the thicknesses being exaggerated in the drawing for the sake of clearness.

Figure 3 is a detail view of the said support. n

As shown in the drawing, the support l, which forms the subject matter of this invention is intended to be placed behind the front 2 of the corset, that is to say, internally, projecting beyond its upper edge 3 and is stretched there lightly by two ends of elastic ribbon 4 and 5 each provided with a hook 6 and xed internally on ther right and left on the corset at a suitable distance, while a small string 7 placed at about the middle of the support andpreferably inside the corset connects the said support with the corset but leaves a little play so as to act as a hinge and in such a way as to prevent the support from coming down.

`This semi-rigid support is made of fabric (preferably of a fabric like that of which the corset is made) may be ornamented with lace, embroidery, etc. and trimmed with plush. It is of suitable shape and slightly stiened by a honing 8, the bones being placed preferably lin a horizontal direction: it may however be sometimes useful for it to have some bonesin a vertical direction in order`to`avoid the collapse of the article vertically. It forms also at each of its ends a tab 9 provided with a series of eyelets 10 into each of which hooks one of the two hooks 6, each carried by the extensible end or tab of ribbon 4 or 5, xed preferably by stitching l1 to the inside of the corset by its opposite end to that which carries the hook 6. The point at which this tab is placed in the corset varies according as the height of the front of the corset differs more or less from the height of the side of the corset and according to the length of the support. Each of these elastic ribbons 4 or 5 will however be fixed towards the point of the dress preserver and at a suitable place so that its middle may be in line with one of the eyelets of the corresponding tab of the support.

In corset belts which do not open down the front, i. e. which are not fastened together having neither a busk or other closing device in place of it, the support may be held together without the use of hooks and eyelets, being simply xed then by two small rubber bands at the ends and held towards the middle by a small string attached to the corset so as to leave a slight amount of play.

It must be quite understood that support for corset belts may be considered as an integral part of the corsets in manufacture or may be considered as an independent article to be fixed to 'all types of corsets already manufactured and in use.

Having now described lmy invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

l. A protector for corset belts comprising a transverse band lightly boned and adapted to be placed interiorlyol theV4 corset between the upper 'front edge o't` `the corset and the body ot the wearer, means on the ends ot said band for fastening the same to the corset and a flexible tab secured to the middle part of said band and adapted '-to loosely connect said middle part to the corset. f

2. A protector for corset belts comprising a transverse band lightlyboned and adapted to be pl'aced'interorly oli' 4the corsetbet'ween the upper trontedge of the corset Aand the body or the wearer and elastic ribbons'ser` cured to lthe' endsro'tsaid bandand adapted to be' secured to lthe corset and a flexible tab secured to the'middle'pa-rt of isaidbandand adaptedto loosely connect said mddlelepart tothe corset.

3. A corsetbelt con'ipri'singfafcorset* belt body, a transverse band lightly boned and adapted to be placednteriorly of thec'orset betweenthe upper frontl edge'of` the corset body and the body of the "wearer, lastic'ribbons secured to the corset, Hooks on tlne'inner reeendsof said ribbons7 and 'eyelets onthe ends of the -transverseband and adapted to engage with 'said hooks."

4. A corset belt comprising a corset belt body,a transverse band lightly boned and adapted-to be placed interiorly of the corset between the upper front edge of the corset body and the body ol' the vvearer, elastic means connecting 'the opposite ends of the transverse band to the corset and a flexible tab loosely connecting tlIe-lrniddle lpart-oftl'ie transverse band tothe corset.

5.- A' corset' belt comprising corset belt body, a transverse band lightlyfbo'rred and` adapted jto Lbe placed 4interiorly 'of the corsety between the vLipper Aront edge o'fthe corset body and-"thebody of the weareryelastic ribbons secured to the corset, hooks on the inner' `free Aends rof' said ribbons',- eyelets lon' the 'ends-oi' the transverse band vand* adapted Jones '-LrNDAUER 

